From the Editor's Desk: Father's Day thoughts ...

It's Father's Day here in the U.S. (there are fathers outside the U.S., right?), so I'll try to keep things short this week. We'll see how that goes. It's funny to see all these "Best Father's Day Gadgets" lists for something that's largely a made-up holiday. Do we do that for Mother's Day? I dunno.

I got off a plane Thursday and went straight to Five Guys for a little post-flight/post-sickness cure-all. (Don't judge.) There was a woman breastfeeding her baby at a table. Now tell me Five Guys isn't the greatest restaurant in the world.

(And, no, I wasn't about to post a picture of it to Facebook.)

I haven't gotten to watch as much of the World Cup as I'd like. That Sterling kid (good lord, he's almost half my age) for England looks pretty damn good, though.

But c'mon. It's England in the World Cup. We know that's not going to end well.

Both fathers day and mothers day are made up. Both of these should be skipped. We should be honoring our parents every day and not on some made up day when everyone is doing it because it is the day to do so. So give your mom something in October because she gave birth to you. Give your father something in August because you wouldn't be here without him. Next year change up the dates. I did this and, my parents were always thrilled.

In the USA, Mother's day was "invented" in 1908 which became official in 1914.

But Father's day didn't become official until much later (despite lobbying by the ties and pipes industries :) ) in 1972, 58 years later. How many fathers died in vain waiting for their recognition compared to mothers???!!!

And SmartphoneNerd is going to spend three days in time-out for that (since deleted) reply. I don't mind dissent. (I encourage it, actually.) But I won't tolerate disrespect for other members. That goes for everyone.

I dunno at what point we all decided it was OK to be dicks to each other, but it's not. Stop it.

No new gadget for fathers day but the kids (mum really) got me the second best thing. Vodka. If the kids bought it I need a word with the shop that sold it to them. Also it was to drown the sorrows of the England game. Well to all the other dads have a great day from us long suffering Engla...I mean dads. ;-)

took me a few to realize it's supposed to look that way. Refreshed the page a couple times even.... not sure I'm a fan of that shade of blue when I'm used to AC using green a lot. Oh well, I'll get used to it